Technology Integration

No, this isn’t an ad for a presidential candidate. It’s a summary of reactions from our curriculum meeting this afternoon.  We met to discuss how keyboarding was going to be included in the curriculum….and the technology coordinator and I decided to take that as a diving board into the pool of what we are going to be able to do next year with new equipment just arrived along with what we are already doing with our software.  He presented several Keynote projects completed by 4th graders on their bird projects just finished last month.  I spoke about the substitution of a computer for a typewriter and that we needed to do more.  With  the mimeo and the document camera and our comments about our direction with technology, we decided to focus keyboarding on grades 3 and 4 with minor focus on those needing a brush up in grade 5 as noted by the teacher.  We also agreed that it was important to circulate around the room to note posture and the use of home row.  I felt that the meeting was good in that after next year, the 5th graders will be able to do much, much more in developing their technology skills.